Entries from March 2009

March 31, 2009

Reverend-Elect: My Experience with the Board of Ordained Ministry

The letter was non-descript.  3 paragraphs of type with one hand written note: 11:00 A.M.  That was the time of my meeting and one of the more crucial hours in my life.  Though like some crucial hours in one’s life: I was prepared for it.  Well, prepared in some ways, not as prepared in others.  [...]

March 26, 2009

An Old Song: A New Word

“O let Him have the things that hold you.” After singing that line hundreds of time, it never hit me until today. I loved the “Spirit Song.” It was one of those songs that we sang at the traditional service that felt contemporary. There was something about singing out to God, “Come and fill your [...]

March 23, 2009

Too many UM Pastors? A good problem to have.

There has to be a better way.  That’s my conclusion.  I don’t know if you are supposed to start a blog post with your conclusion, and plus if you are going to start it with a conclusion, then you probably should have a better one than this, but this is my conclusion, “There has to [...]

March 23, 2009

LT Update: March 23rd

A little LT update for all my family and friends.  We are now 11 weeks into our pregnancy.  It has been a roller-coaster last few weeks though.  We have made a couple extra trips to the doctor because of some bleeding that Heather has had.  So, on March 12th the good doctor told Heather to [...]

March 12, 2009

How to Pick a Winning NCAA Tournament Bracket: 2009 Edition

It is the ultimate activity for bragging rights: the NCAA Tourney.  Whether you are male or female, young or old, spend hours picking your brackets or chose your teams by who would win a fight between the mascots, anyone can fill out a bracket and have a chance to win.  In fact, a couple of years [...]

March 8, 2009

Two Parallel Lines

Two parallel lines.  They shouldn’t scare you.  They shouldn’t change your life, but they do.  Those two lines indicate not only the end of just Aaron and Heather as we know it, but a beginning of our new family.

March 5, 2009

From LOST to Revelation

I’ll admit it.  The Book of Revelation used to intimate me.  I would start reading it and stop once I got to something that I didn’t understand.  That never took long.  There are seals, angels, beasts, dragons, elders, strange creatures, lots of numbers, and much, much more.  The symbolism of Revelation is confusing at best.  [...]

March 2, 2009

Singletary and Warner: An Imaginary Conversation

This is a purely imaginary and satirical conversation between Mike Singletary and Kurt and Brenda Warner.  In no way, do I think that this actually happens, nor how either men actually believe and live out their faith.  In fact, I know these are people who are solidly grounded on the Solid Rock that is Jesus [...]